| LG.Philips LCD Develops LCD Mobile Phone Panel with World's Thinnest Border
LG Philips LCD (LPL) has developed a 2.4-in. amorphous-silicon (a-Si) thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel boasting the world's thinnest border for use in mobile phones, according to a report by the Society for Information Display.
The borders on the left and right sides of this 2.4-inch qVGA-resolution (240x320) LCD panel measure just 1 mm each, according to a company press statement. This is about 50% thinner than most a-Si TFT-LCD panels currently produced, which generally have borders measuring closer to 2 mm, LPL said.
The display is based on LG.Philips LCD's Narrow Bezel Technology, combining Gate-in-Panel technology (GIP), which integrates the driver IC onto the LCD panel, and new process and material technologies designed to ensure that narrow-border panels are equal in quality and reliability to their wider counterparts.
Along with module thickness, thin borders help to create a slimmer, more compact TFT-LCD panel in the 2- and 3-in. market. By narrowing the borders on either size of the panel, LG.Philips LCD was able to increase display area by a full 10%, allowing electronics makers to incorporate panels with much larger viewable areas into existing product frames.
LG.Philips LCD said it plans to start mass production of these new panels next year. The company will also apply the same technology to other models to expand its lineup of slim border products.
"Competition in the market for mobile phone displays has shifted from a race for higher picture quality to a race for slimmer panels," LPL Executive Vice President and Head of the company's Small & Medium Displays Business Unit Hyun He Ha said. "Now our focus is on creating slimmer borders. Our latest breakthrough reaffirms that LG.Philips LCD leads the industry in technology for small and medium displays as well as large screen panels. We will continue to develop products that meet the demands of our customers and the market to generate value for our customers."… |
